2026 FILM SELECTIONS
So inclusive, it’s scary. Nineteen short films bring disabled, Deaf, neurodivergent and otherwise marginalized perspectives to horror—from body horror and folk nightmare to dark comedy and experimental work. Watch the nine-film cinema program, explore all 19 films online, and look out for selected shorts on Shudder.
Four Itchy Boys
Runtime: 12:48
Director, Producer: Andrew Hebert
Synopsis: Four young men quarantined with an unexplainable, unrelenting itch prepare for a live-stream press event to prove they are not the monsters the world believes them to be. Behind the scenes, a ruthless producer is plotting a more grotesque spectacle.
Available across: In person at Lost Weekend, on FilmChief and on Shudder
Blindsided
Runtime: 7:54
Director: P Patrick Hogan
Synopsis: A blind schoolteacher struggles to survive after an alien spaceship crashes and unleashes a monstrous predator. The film features an all-low-vision cast and places the audience in the perspective of a blind protagonist who experiences events primarily through sound.
Available across: In person at Lost Weekend, on FilmChief and on Shudder
MANGO
Runtime: 11:00
Director: Joan Iyiola
Synopsis: Zadie is an independent florist living with fibroids who is determined to take her career to the next level. When a dream job arrives, she searches for help to control her morphing body, but the unwanted growths threaten to take over.
Available across: In person at Lost Weekend, on FilmChief and on Shudder
Inner Demons
Runtime: 10:54
Director: Jasmine J. Johnson
Synopsis: Mya’s world takes a harrowing turn when medication intended to alleviate depression unleashes a nightmarish entity that embodies her inner turmoil. She must fight not only for her mental wellbeing but for her survival.
Available across: In person at Lost Weekend, on FilmChief and on Shudder
A Fermenting Woman
Runtime: 23:57
Director: Priscilla Galvez
Synopsis: On the brink of losing her restaurant job to new owners, visionary chef and master fermenter Marielle Lau develops an incendiary new dish with a bewitching ingredient she believes will save her career.
Available across: In person at Lost Weekend, on FilmChief and on Shudder
COLD
Runtime: 20:00
Director: Liz Whitmere
Synopsis: Jane has just turned 40—and died sometime last week. As her body decomposes, everyone around her insists this is simply what happens to women of a certain age. She tries to carry on until things begin to fall apart.
Available across: In person at Lost Weekend, on FilmChief and on Shudder
TAL (Mask)
Runtime: 15:35
Director: Charlie Gillette
Synopsis: TBD
Available across: In person at Lost Weekend, on FilmChief and on Shudder
Everhand
Runtime: 9:03
Director: Shane Hillier
Synopsis: TBD
Available across: In person at Lost Weekend, on FilmChief and on Shudder
The Hog Queen
Runtime: 12:59
Director: Katherine Craft
Synopsis: TBD
Available across: In person at Lost Weekend, on FilmChief and on Shudder
Voyeur
Runtime: 5:52
Director: Maryam Hashempour
Synopsis: A girl enters a coffee shop while waiting for her friend. An unknown number repeatedly sends her a photograph taken just before she entered.
Available on: FilmChief
Long Pork
Runtime: 13:13 or 13:20
Director: Iris Dukatt
Producer: Katherine Romans, Charlie Traisman and Elizabeth Valenti
Synopsis: In a post-Roe America where theocracy reigns, a renowned butcher confronts the political predator responsible for her daughter’s death and exacts bloody revenge, setting the stage for a revolution.
Available across: In person at Lost Weekend and on FilmChief
Do You See Her?
Runtime: 7:14
Director, Producer: Janet-Rose Nguyen
Synopsis: Katie questions her sanity as she is stalked by a terrifying entity—one she can see only when her glasses are off.
Available on: FilmChief
Mardazma
Runtime: 14:30
Director: Amir Masoud Soheili
Producers: Masoud Soheili and Amir Masoud Soheili
Synopsis: On the day of Afghanistan’s presidential election, two Taliban soldiers mutilate voters and flee down a cursed road, where something more terrifying than justice awaits.
Available on: FilmChief
REPEAT
Runtime: 4:16
Director: Marlon Royal Reid
Synopsis: Trapped in a surreal time loop, a woman relives fragments of her memory after committing a horrendous act of violence.
Available on: FilmChief
Trapped
Runtime: 4:59
Director, Producer: Greg Jeffs
Synopsis: A young disabled man is trapped in a go-nowhere job.
Available on: FilmChief
Landfills of Desire
Runtime: 7:09
Director: Sapna Moti Bhavnani
Producer: Wench Films
Synopsis: On the still waters of Dal Lake, a Rantas—a Kashmiri witch—glides alone through the night. Neither living nor dead, she searches for what cannot be returned: herself.
Available on: FilmChief
Troubled Connexxxions
Runtime: 5:41
Director: E’Niyah Wilson
Synopsis: A Black disabled phone-sex operator has a zany session with a white client.
Available on: FilmChief
Heartbreak
Runtime: 1:30
Director: Sarah Leigh
Producer: Andy Caley and Curiouser Pictures
Synopsis: A woman takes her long-term boyfriend on their final date; he does not know that she plans to end things.
Available on: FilmChief
PU EKAW TNOD
Runtime: 6:48
Director: Rebecca Culverhouse
Producer: Pamela Pifferi; co-producer Sergio Falchi
Synopsis: A couple watching a horror film about a strangely familiar basement realise they are dreaming when they find themselves inside that same basement—and discover that something knows they should not be awake.
Available across: In person at Lost Weekend and on FilmChief
